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sliver

[sliv-er] / ˈslɪv ər /
NOUN
tiny piece, usually of wood or metal
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Three weeks is only a sliver of the NFL season; a backsliding team has plenty of time to correct its course.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The sliver of a country—176 square miles, the smallest in Africa—is stacked with luxury out-posts, including two Four Seasons, Raffles, Six Senses, Waldorf Astoria and Cheval Blanc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“We understand trading cards represents a small sliver of the business” for Target, “likely in the 1% to 2% range of total revenue,” the Mizuho analysts, led by David Bellinger, said in their note.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

A big TAM tells investors that capturing even a sliver of the market could mean a great business.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

A sliver of light spilled in from the hallway.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

After a long run, nothing was better than Diet Coke straight from the freezer, the soda feathered with slivers of ice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Thin-sliced celery or carrots, fennel shaved translucent, a few slivers of red onion or scallions, even cucumbers if you’re craving something clean and cold.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025

It also sees its role of defending Thailand's territorial claims as a sacred one, even though this conflict is about tiny slivers of mostly unpopulated land.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025

Published as “Calder Gardens: Drawings and Texts by Jacques Herzog,” they show how he began by thinking in terms of fragments, little slivers of space in which the sculpture would act as if on stage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2025

He only finds one chipped plate and a spoon, so we sit together on the couch and try to pull apart some slivers, careful not to cut our fingers on the leftover scales or bones.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender


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